transitive verb preterite shrank, past participle shrunk fer encongir to shrink a part on Technical muntar una peça en calent intransitive verb encongir-se quantity disminuir , quedar reduït to shrink in the wash encongir-se quan es renta «will not shrink» «no s'encongeix» , «inencongible» to shrink away to nothing quedar reduït a no res to shrink away / back fer-se enrere from davant de , acovardir-se I shrink from doing it no goso fer-ho , no m'atreveixo a fer-ho